After two years of living with restrictions as part of the covid-19 pandemic, many countries are beginning to completely reduce regulations, and from 4 a. m. On Friday, March 18, England becomes the latest country to remove all restrictions against fully vaccinated children.
As reported via The Telegraph, Transport Minister Grant Schapps has announced that from now on it will no longer be necessary for travellers to check in before or after entering England.
Currently, everyone will have to fill out a passenger location form, but from March 18 it will not be mandatory either.
Heathrow Airport also announced this week that it is no longer mandatory to wear a mask when travelling through the airport, this is still recommended. British Airways and Virgin are also making plans to remove the requirement to wear a mask on board, when travelling to destinations that do not require a mask.
Currently, any unvaccinated user must have evidence of a negative control result to enter the country (no more than 48 hours in advance) and must have a PCR control reserved to pass day 2 of arrival. These PCR checks have been expensive and have drastically increased the cost of travelling to England during the pandemic.
Shapps said “these adjustments are imaginable thanks to our vaccine rollout and mean greater freedom in time for Easter. “
The Guardian reported that those changes come at a time when COVID-19 infection rates are rising across the UK. Over the past week, there has been a 48. 1% increase in recorded cases and hospital admissions have increased to 19% in the future. week.
A spokesman for Boris Johnson’s government said the government continues to monitor the scenario, but “we don’t see anything like the kinds of pressures we saw at the height of the pandemic” and that they continue to monitor new variants and developments. Additional restrictions are required.